Work Smarter: HubSpot

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Ditch staff holidays

On January 1 this year, HubSpot, an internet-marketing
company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, abolished the idea of
employee holidays. Until then, each employee was entitled to three
weeks' holiday per year, which had to be booked in advance. But,
says CEO Brian Halligan, that felt like a throwback to the days of
"working from nine to five in the office. Now people often work in
the evenings and over weekends, using their BlackBerrys, and it
seemed ridiculous not to acknowledge that."

HubSpot employees can now take time off whenever they like and
they are thrilled with the idea. "We show we trust them and
demonstrate they are more like [self-employed] business people than
employees," says Halligan. "And if they get the work done and are
able to take three months off, so much the better."

Performance reviews will show if anyone is really shirking and
Halligan will be assessing the scheme at the end of the year. "My
only worry," he says, "is that people won't have taken enough time
out of the office."

Comments

They certainly are a forward thinking company and its one of the reasons that I started working with them in the UK.I absolutely agree that if you work with, and employee good people, have great people running the business, a clear vision and strategy that comes through everything you do, you just don't need these old "industral" attitudes towards working life.People respect that they are appreciated and recipricate.Well done HubSpot!